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Activity 1

• Read the following text about the Olympic Summer Games.

Olympic Summer Games The first Olympic Summer Games of modern times took place in Athens in 1896. In 2004 the Games returned to the place of their origin. According to the Olympic Charter, there must be a minimum of 15 Olympic sports on the programme. Due to the growth of the Olympics, the programme of the Summer Games is limited to a maximum of 28 sports, 301 events and 10,500 athletes. The IOC can add new sports and strike out others – baseball and softball for example will not anymore be on the programme of the Olympic Summer Games in 2012.

• Write True (T) or False (F):

• The first Olympic Summer Games took place in America.
• There must be a maximum of 15 Olympic sports on the programme.
• The programme of the Summer Games is limited to a maximum of 28 sports.
• The IOC can not add new sports.
• The following Olympic Games will be in 2012.
  

• Personal Vocabulary. Click on the file and complete your own Vocabulary Chart.
  

  Vocabulary Chart.pdf
  

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• Have fun and practice vocabulary with the Olympia hangman quiz. Hangman - Olympics

Activity 2

• Winter Olympics: Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
  

  olympics_cloze.pdf
  

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Activity 3

• Do you want to know about the next Olympic Games in 2012? Have a look here!:
  

  Stadium2012.Olympic Games.pdf
  

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